On Approving the Journal

On Nov 18, 2003, the House voted 361–48 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 201–13, Democrats 160–35. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 48 members voted against their own party.

During the 108th Congress (2003–2004), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 361
No: 48
Did not vote: 31
Date: Nov 18, 2003

By party

Republicans201 yes · 13 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats160 yes · 35 no · 13 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Marion Berry D-AR voted no
Ed Pastor D-AZ voted no
Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ voted no
George Miller D-CA voted no
Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
Loretta Sanchez D-CA voted no
Bob Filner D-CA voted no
Mark Udall D-CO voted no
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
Corrine Brown D-FL voted no
Alcee Lamar Hastings D-FL voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL voted no
Gerald C. (Jerry) Weller R-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Dennis Moore D-KS voted no
John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
James P. Mcgovern D-MA voted no
Michael Everett Capuano D-MA voted no
Bart T. Stupak D-MI voted no
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted no
James (Jim) Ramstad R-MN voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
Mark Kennedy R-MN voted no
Collin Clark Peterson D-MN voted no
James Louis Oberstar D-MN voted no
Kenny Hulshof R-MO voted no
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Frank A. Lobiondo R-NJ voted no
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM voted no
Vito John Fossella R-NY voted no
John E. Sweeney R-NY voted no
Michael Robert Mcnulty D-NY voted no
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
Ted Strickland D-OH voted no
Dennis Kucinich D-OH voted no
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted no
Robert A. Brady D-PA voted no
Philip Sheridan English R-PA voted no
Harold Ford Jr. D-TN voted no
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted no
James David (Jim) Matheson D-UT voted no
James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no
Tammy Baldwin D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
George P. Radanovich R-CA
Edward Randall Royce R-CA
F. Allen Boyd Jr. D-FL
Denise L. Majette D-GA
John Dennis Hastert R-IL
Julia May Carson D-IN
Ron Lewis R-KY
A. B. (Ben) Chandler D-KY
Ernest L. Fletcher R-KY
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest R-MD
Vernon James Ehlers R-MI
John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (G.K.) D-NC
Cass Ballenger R-NC
Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) Kaptur D-OH
Brad Carson D-OK
Tom Cole R-OK
Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
Joseph R. Pitts R-PA
James W. Demint R-SC
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD
William Lewis Jenkins R-TN
Ralph Moody Hall R-TX
Kevin Patrick Brady R-TX
Larry Ed Combest R-TX
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX
Bernard Sanders I-VT
Richard Ray (Rick) Larsen D-WA
Barbara L. Cubin R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On Approving the Journal: House Vote, Nov 18, 2003,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/108-H-624/on-approving-the-journal (accessed 2026-10-14).